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(crossposted) CW: The Wrestling Odyssey Primer

Rick GarrardPosted on 05/12/05 at 01:00:00

I have crossposted this here to help introduce everyone to the current circuit I am running using the old school rules over on the BCW Forum.  This circuit is called Championship Wrestling and is about to have it's marquee event of the year as Championship Wrestling brings to us The Wrestling Odyssey.


Week 49 - The Wrestling Odyssey - Birmingham, AL
Bell Time: 6:30pm
Date:  February 3, 1985

 
-- Stretcher Match - Falls Count Anywhere:  
Road Warrior Hawk vs Maxx Payne  

    Starting back on August 26, 1984, these two men were introduced to  
Championship Wrestling fans in the first ever unsanctioned, anything goes  
match held in a Championship Wrestling ring.  Since then, they have had  
many matches, and even tagged on occasion.  At RumbleClash 84, these two  
met in an anything goes, falls count antwhere match that saw a bloodied  
Hawk get pinned by Maxx Payne.  Two weeks after their RumbleClash bout,  
they met again, this time it was Maxx Payne getting busted open, but he  
somehow escaped with the win on that evening.  Then on December 16, 1984,  
Hawk got to face then Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair for the title but  
with one caveat, Maxx Payne was set to be the referee for the match.

    Maxx Payne surprisingly called the match in favor of Hawk and  
presented him with the title in under two minutes much to the chagrin of  
Ric Flair.  Flair, Arn Anderson and Dusty Rhodes then teamed up the  
following week in a six man tag team match that saw them savagely  
attacking Hawk during the match, leaving him in a bloodied heap in the  
ring, setting up Hawk for the first blood match with Maxx Payne in  
Cincinnati on December 30, 1984.  On this night, a heavily bandaged Hawk  
came out with the with as he busted Maxx Payne open to get the win in a  
non-title match.  Unfortunately for Hawk, this was just his first match  
of the evening, as he also had a Heavyweight Title defense against Manny  
Fernandez in a Chicago Street Fight I Quit match yet to come.

    In this main event, both participants were busted open during the  
match.  And it was in this fight, where Manny Fernandez began his reign  
as the Heavyweight Champion due to Hawk saying "I Quit".

    It had been a little over one month since both Hawk and Maxx Payne  
had been in the ring in the same match, until last week when they were  
scheduled to be on opposite sides of the six man tag team main event.  
Unfortunately, Maxx Payne was attacked backstage by Dusty Rhodes early  
in the night.  During the match, Hawk was being confronted by his partner  
Dusty Rhodes, while Arn Anderson (replacing Maxx Payne in the match) was  
squared off with Manny Fernandez.  And from the locker room, Maxx Payne  
made his way to the ring to save Hawk from the beating, which leads us to  
this week when Hawk and Maxx Payne meet again.  This time in a 60 minute  
time limit Stretcher Match!


Prediction:



-- Tag Team Title match:  
Champions Ron Garvin & Rick Steamboat vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson

    Garvin and Steamboat appear to have a love/hate relationship that  
has seen some very strange actions on the parts of both men in the past.  
They appear to have finally gotten on the same page back at RumbleClash 84,  
when they removed the Tag Team Titles from the possession of the Midnight  
Express and have not reliquished them since, being dominant over most of
the teams they have faced.

    The challengers Arn Anderson and Ric Flair have been in Championship
Wrestling since it's inception.  They have had their highs in Flair's
Heavyweight Title reign and they have had their lows in losing WarGames to
a team headlined by Dusty Rhodes.


Prediction:

 
 
-- Ivan and Vladimir Koloff vs Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart

    It was just last week when Ivan Koloff revealed the latest Koloff
family member to the wrestling world.  And now this week, they take on
the team of the New Hart Foundation that debuted just 2 weeks ago.


Prediction:



-- #1 Contender Match:
Lady's Choice (Terry Allen and Jimmy Valiant) vs Masahiro Darsow and Gronda

    Terry Allen has been on a roll since teaming with Jimmy Valiant and
leaving his Magnum T.A. persona behind.  Mr. Long, a former CW referee, has
become the managerial advisor to Masahiro Darsow in recent weeks and just
recently found the muscular freak known as Gronda for Darsow to team with.
One of these two teams will become the new #1 contender this week.


Prediction:



-- The New Dream Team (Dino Bravo and Greg Valentine) vs Steve Armstrong &  
Tiger Mask


Prediction:



-- The Great Kabuki & Waylon Mercy vs Kamala & Masahiro Darsow


Prediction:



-- Afa vs Sika

    The battle of the Wild Samoans.  These two came into Championship
Wrestling chasing Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson from their WWF days.
Eventually Gary Hart got in the head of Afa and caused a split of the
two brothers.  Someone could get hurt very bad in this family feud.


Prediction:


-- The Rock N Roll Express vs The Midnight Express

    This feud dates back to our very first match in Fayetteville, North
Carolina.  These two teams have an undying hatred underscored with a
professional respect for each other.  Don't look for them to settle this
here this week.


Prediction:


-- Heavyweight Title Match:  
Champion Manny Fernandez vs RumbleClash 84 Winner Dusty Rhodes

    The feud between these two men can be documented back to the Lucky 13  
Battle Royal on April 15, 1984, when Dusty Rhodes was eliminated from the  
last chance match by Manny Fernandez.  Fernandez went on to be the last man  
eliminated by eventual winner Ole Anderson in that match, keeping both men in  
this contest out of the Heavyweight Title tournament to crown the first ever  
champion.

    The paths of these two combatants did not cross again until RumbleClash  
'84, where then Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes eliminated Manny
Fernandez to secure himself a Heavyweight Title match at Wrestling Odyssey
should he lose the title between November 18, 1984 and February 3, 1985,
the night of The Wrestling Odyssey.

    The following week after RumbleClash '84, Dusty Rhodes was the special  
guest referee for a #1 contender match between Manny Fernandez and Rhodes'  
friend, Ric Flair, during which Rhodes declared Flair the winner of the bout.
 The very next week, Flair exercised his #1 contender position and wrestled  
away the Heavyweight Title from Rhodes, causing Rhodes to invoke his  
RumbleClash win's stipulation that he would in fact get a rematch at  
Wrestling Odyssey.

    Rhodes at this point was thinking he'd be facing his friend Ric Flair in  
a rematch, but then the unthinkable happened on December 16 when  
Road Warrior Hawk pinned Ric Flair in under two minutes to capture the  
Heavyweight Title.  The title then came into the possession of  
Manny Fernandez on December 30, when Fernandez made Hawk submit  
in a match that saw both men left a bloodied mess.  The following week  
would see Manny Fernandez and Dusty Rhodes team up, but lose to the  
team of Lady's Choice.  

    Manny and Dusty teamed up again on January 27 that saw Road  
Warrior Hawk as their partner in a six man tag.  To say there were  
hostilities amongst this team would be an understatement.  Rhodes had
jumped Hawk's rival Maxx  
Payne earlier in the night, which led to Maxx saving Hawk in the  
six man tag match.  And this match ended the last event prior to The  
Wrestling Odyssey with Dusty Rhodes and Manny Fernandez,  
teammates for the night brawling throughout the arena.  Can Rhodes  
fulfill his Wrestling Odyssey to be the Heavyweight Champion again?  
Or will Manny Fernandez turn the American  Dream's hopes into his
worst nightmare?


Prediction:
Psymin1Posted on 05/12/05 at 20:49:34

-- Stretcher Match - Falls Count Anywhere:  
Road Warrior Hawk vs Maxx Payne  
 
    Starting back on August 26, 1984, these two men were introduced to  
Championship Wrestling fans in the first ever unsanctioned, anything goes  
match held in a Championship Wrestling ring.  Since then, they have had  
many matches, and even tagged on occasion.  At RumbleClash 84, these two  
met in an anything goes, falls count antwhere match that saw a bloodied  
Hawk get pinned by Maxx Payne.  Two weeks after their RumbleClash bout,  
they met again, this time it was Maxx Payne getting busted open, but he  
somehow escaped with the win on that evening.  Then on December 16, 1984,  
Hawk got to face then Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair for the title but  
with one caveat, Maxx Payne was set to be the referee for the match.  
 
    Maxx Payne surprisingly called the match in favor of Hawk and  
presented him with the title in under two minutes much to the chagrin of  
Ric Flair.  Flair, Arn Anderson and Dusty Rhodes then teamed up the  
following week in a six man tag team match that saw them savagely  
attacking Hawk during the match, leaving him in a bloodied heap in the  
ring, setting up Hawk for the first blood match with Maxx Payne in  
Cincinnati on December 30, 1984.  On this night, a heavily bandaged Hawk  
came out with the with as he busted Maxx Payne open to get the win in a  
non-title match.  Unfortunately for Hawk, this was just his first match  
of the evening, as he also had a Heavyweight Title defense against Manny  
Fernandez in a Chicago Street Fight I Quit match yet to come.  
 
    In this main event, both participants were busted open during the  
match.  And it was in this fight, where Manny Fernandez began his reign  
as the Heavyweight Champion due to Hawk saying "I Quit".  
 
    It had been a little over one month since both Hawk and Maxx Payne  
had been in the ring in the same match, until last week when they were  
scheduled to be on opposite sides of the six man tag team main event.    
Unfortunately, Maxx Payne was attacked backstage by Dusty Rhodes early  
in the night.  During the match, Hawk was being confronted by his partner  
Dusty Rhodes, while Arn Anderson (replacing Maxx Payne in the match) was  
squared off with Manny Fernandez.  And from the locker room, Maxx Payne  
made his way to the ring to save Hawk from the beating, which leads us to  
this week when Hawk and Maxx Payne meet again.  This time in a 60 minute  
time limit Stretcher Match!  
 
 
Prediction:  Hawk
 
 
 
-- Tag Team Title match:  
Champions Ron Garvin & Rick Steamboat vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson  
 
    Garvin and Steamboat appear to have a love/hate relationship that  
has seen some very strange actions on the parts of both men in the past.    
They appear to have finally gotten on the same page back at RumbleClash 84,  
when they removed the Tag Team Titles from the possession of the Midnight  
Express and have not reliquished them since, being dominant over most of  
the teams they have faced.  
 
    The challengers Arn Anderson and Ric Flair have been in Championship  
Wrestling since it's inception.  They have had their highs in Flair's  
Heavyweight Title reign and they have had their lows in losing WarGames to  
a team headlined by Dusty Rhodes.  
 
 
Prediction:  "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin and Rick Steamboat
 
 
 
-- Ivan and Vladimir Koloff vs Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart  
 
    It was just last week when Ivan Koloff revealed the latest Koloff  
family member to the wrestling world.  And now this week, they take on  
the team of the New Hart Foundation that debuted just 2 weeks ago.  
 
 
Prediction:  Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart
 
 
 
-- #1 Contender Match:  
Lady's Choice (Terry Allen and Jimmy Valiant) vs Masahiro Darsow and Gronda  
 
    Terry Allen has been on a roll since teaming with Jimmy Valiant and  
leaving his Magnum T.A. persona behind.  Mr. Long, a former CW referee, has  
become the managerial advisor to Masahiro Darsow in recent weeks and just  
recently found the muscular freak known as Gronda for Darsow to team with.  
One of these two teams will become the new #1 contender this week.  
 
 
Prediction:  Ladys Choice
 
 
 
-- The New Dream Team (Dino Bravo and Greg Valentine) vs Steve Armstrong &  
Tiger Mask  
 
 
Prediction:  The New Dream Team
 
 
 
-- The Great Kabuki & Waylon Mercy vs Kamala & Masahiro Darsow  
 
 
Prediction:  Kamala and Masahiro Darsow
 
 
 
-- Afa vs Sika  
 
    The battle of the Wild Samoans.  These two came into Championship  
Wrestling chasing Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson from their WWF days.  
Eventually Gary Hart got in the head of Afa and caused a split of the  
two brothers.  Someone could get hurt very bad in this family feud.  
 
 
Prediction:  Afa
 
 
-- The Rock N Roll Express vs The Midnight Express  
 
    This feud dates back to our very first match in Fayetteville, North  
Carolina.  These two teams have an undying hatred underscored with a  
professional respect for each other.  Don't look for them to settle this  
here this week.  
 
 
Prediction:  The Midnight Express
 
 
-- Heavyweight Title Match:  
Champion Manny Fernandez vs RumbleClash 84 Winner Dusty Rhodes  
 
    The feud between these two men can be documented back to the Lucky 13  
Battle Royal on April 15, 1984, when Dusty Rhodes was eliminated from the  
last chance match by Manny Fernandez.  Fernandez went on to be the last man  
eliminated by eventual winner Ole Anderson in that match, keeping both men in  
this contest out of the Heavyweight Title tournament to crown the first ever  
champion.  
 
    The paths of these two combatants did not cross again until RumbleClash  
'84, where then Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes eliminated Manny  
Fernandez to secure himself a Heavyweight Title match at Wrestling Odyssey  
should he lose the title between November 18, 1984 and February 3, 1985,  
the night of The Wrestling Odyssey.  
 
    The following week after RumbleClash '84, Dusty Rhodes was the special  
guest referee for a #1 contender match between Manny Fernandez and Rhodes'  
friend, Ric Flair, during which Rhodes declared Flair the winner of the bout.  
 The very next week, Flair exercised his #1 contender position and wrestled  
away the Heavyweight Title from Rhodes, causing Rhodes to invoke his  
RumbleClash win's stipulation that he would in fact get a rematch at  
Wrestling Odyssey.  
 
    Rhodes at this point was thinking he'd be facing his friend Ric Flair in  
a rematch, but then the unthinkable happened on December 16 when  
Road Warrior Hawk pinned Ric Flair in under two minutes to capture the  
Heavyweight Title.  The title then came into the possession of  
Manny Fernandez on December 30, when Fernandez made Hawk submit  
in a match that saw both men left a bloodied mess.  The following week  
would see Manny Fernandez and Dusty Rhodes team up, but lose to the  
team of Lady's Choice.    
 
    Manny and Dusty teamed up again on January 27 that saw Road  
Warrior Hawk as their partner in a six man tag.  To say there were  
hostilities amongst this team would be an understatement.  Rhodes had  
jumped Hawk's rival Maxx  
Payne earlier in the night, which led to Maxx saving Hawk in the  
six man tag match.  And this match ended the last event prior to The  
Wrestling Odyssey with Dusty Rhodes and Manny Fernandez,  
teammates for the night brawling throughout the arena.  Can Rhodes  
fulfill his Wrestling Odyssey to be the Heavyweight Champion again?    
Or will Manny Fernandez turn the American  Dream's hopes into his  
worst nightmare?  
 
 
Prediction: Dusty Rhodes
Rick GarrardPosted on 05/14/05 at 07:16:43

Here are my personal picks for this card (and keep in mind that I have not run the card yet, so I have no more extra insider info than anyone else on this card).
 
 
-- Stretcher Match - Falls Count Anywhere:  
Road Warrior Hawk vs Maxx Payne  
 
Prediction:  Road Warrior Hawk
 
 
 
-- Tag Team Title match:  
Champions Ron Garvin & Rick Steamboat vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson  
 

Prediction:  Flair and Anderson win via DQ, Garvin and Steamboat retain
   
 
-- Ivan and Vladimir Koloff vs Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart  
 
Prediction:  The Koloffs
 
 
 
-- #1 Contender Match:  
Lady's Choice (Terry Allen and Jimmy Valiant) vs Masahiro Darsow and Gronda  


Prediction:  Darsow and Gronda
 
 
 
-- The New Dream Team (Dino Bravo and Greg Valentine) vs Steve Armstrong &  
Tiger Mask  
 
 
Prediction:  New Dream Team
 
 
 
-- The Great Kabuki & Waylon Mercy vs Kamala & Masahiro Darsow  
 
 
Prediction:  Kamala and Darsow
 
 
 
-- Afa vs Sika  
   
 
Prediction:  Afa
 
 
-- The Rock N Roll Express vs The Midnight Express  
 
Prediction:  The Midnight Express when James E. Cornette interferes
 
 
-- Heavyweight Title Match:  
Champion Manny Fernandez vs RumbleClash 84 Winner Dusty Rhodes  
 
 
Prediction:  Dusty Rhodes becomes the new champion